The Private Correspondence of Daniel Webster, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1857 - United States |
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Page 172 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 228 - There is a thing, Harry, which thou hast often heard of, and it is known to many in our land by the name of pitch: this pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile; so doth the company thou keepest...
Page 215 - it is of no importance to me. I now live but for my children. I could not give your elder brothers the advantages of knowledge, but I can do something for you. Exert yourself, improve your opportunities, learn, learn, and when I am gone, you will not need to go through the hardships which I have undergone, and which have made me an old man before my time.
Page 338 - If dark and blustering prove some nights, Philosophy puts forth her lights ; Experience holds the cautious glass, To shun the breakers as I pass, And frequent throws the wary lead, To see what dangers may be hid ; And once in seven years I'm seen At Bath or Tunbridge, to careen. Though pleased to see the dolphins play, I mind my compass and my way...
Page 20 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the states; it remaining with the several states alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 132 - TO MR. JEREMIAH MASON. Washington, August 21, 1842. MY DEAR SIR, — I cannot forego the pleasure of saying to an old and constant friend, who, I know, takes a personal as well as a public interest in the matter, that the treaty was ratified last evening by a vote of thirty-nine to nine.
Page 378 - In the earlier part of our acquaintance, my dear Sir, occurrences took place which I remember with constantly increasing regret and pain ; because the more I have known of you, the greater have been my esteem for your character and my respect for your talents. But it is your noble, able, manly, and patriotic conduct, in support of the great measure of this session, which has entirely won my heart, and secured my highest regard.
Page 262 - ... has long been to me bereft of much that makes it precious, and the hope of soon meeting those I have lost, has been to me the most soothing hope to which I could look forward. It seems to me at this moment you also feel with me, and that we are brought nearer together by mutual calamity. I have been preparing my father's letters and papers with the design of printing some of them. Oh, my dear Mr. Webster, how truly would he have sympathized with and comforted you at this moment. He would have...
Page 227 - Beautiful descriptions of the morning abound in all languages, but they are the strongest perhaps in those of the east, where the sun is so often an object of worship. King David speaks of taking to himself
Page 339 - From my earliest youth, I have regarded slavery as a great moral and political evil. I think it unjust, repugnant to the natural equality of mankind, founded only in superior power; a standing and permanent conquest by the stronger over the weaker.